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The Bloch Career Center is starting the new year off strong by meeting with employers and hosting events for graduate and undergraduate students.

Career Services will celebrate Career Month with two events in February. On Feb. 12, the Job and Internship Fair will allow all students to network, seek internships, or apply for jobs with employers from various industries. On Feb. 26, the Regnier Career Accelerator, held in partnership with the Regnier Institute for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, will focus on connecting students with innovation-centric organizations.

Later this spring, the Career Center will host on-campus interviews with area organizations including State Street, the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, DST Systems and PWC, among others. Employers will be assigned interview spaces within the Career Center, and will have the opportunity to meet with selected Bloch students who have applied for positions through Roo Career Network. Many of the events will be held in the Career Center, located in Bloch Executive Hall, Room 102

“If a company commits to spending half a day here, they’re bound to extend second interviews to students, and hopefully, full-time positions,” Surprenant explained.

In addition to on-campus interviews, the Career Center staff meets with area companies to coordinate on-site visits at their firms as well as information sessions with students. The department has added several new staff members, creating capacity to offer services for all students, no matter the degree track. New hires include Amanda Moore and Maggie Reyland Career Coaches; Erin Christensen, Employer Relations Coordinator; and Vanessa Herring, Corporate Outreach Officer.

The Career Center provides services such as mock interviews, resume reviews and job search strategies, in addition to several career-focused special events Surprenant and her staff plan to look into ways to track Bloch students after graduation.

“Our goal is to have information on where students are employed, what positions they hold and what their salaries are by 90 days post-graduation,” she says. “Ideally, we will receive this information for over 90 percent of our graduating students.”